Arapahoe County Quilters

 

Past Programs 2008

READ WHAT WENT ON IN MARCH

March 13, 2008 - Barbara Gardner

Lecture and Demo: Electric Quilt 6

READ WHAT WENT ON IN APRIL

April 10, 2008 - Karen Combs

Karen Combs will be lecturing on Transparency and will be giving a workshop on this technique.

A native of Michigan, Karen began quilting in1972 while still in High School. She has a degree in library science and worked at many state, city and school libraries before realizing her true calling was as a professional quilting instructor, writer, and designer.  Karen’s quilts are known for taking a traditional pattern and giving it her own “twist”.  She is intrigued with quilts of illusion and has been designing quilts with a 3-D look for several years. Karen is the author of Optical Illusions for Quilters, Combing Through Your Scraps, Floral Illusions, 3 Quilters Celebrate the 4 Seasons, 3-D Fun with Pandora’s Box.  Her newest book is Celtic Pieced Illusions.  Most of her books are published by AQS.
Karen now lives in the rolling hills of middle Tennessee with  her husband Rick, daughter Angela, son Josh and a very sweet Shih Tzu named Cocoa.

READ WHAT WENT ON IN MAY

For more information on this workshop please go to Norah's website, click on Classes, click on Bella Bella Quilts
and scroll down to St. Mark's Wall Hanging at www.bellabellaquilts.com

READ WHAT WENT ON IN JUNE

NO MEETING - Quilt Show June 12 - 14, 2008

READ WHAT WENT ON IN JULY

July 10 ,2008 - Marci Baker

Quantum Leap Quilting

Marci is a local quilter who lives with her family in Fort Collins, Colorado.  She is recognized internationally for her
expertise in Quilting.  She loves traditional quilt patters, which inspired her to author the "Not Your Grandmother's
Quilts" book series.  She has invented several tools to make quilting easier for all.  Marci spends much of the year
traveling, teaching classes for guilds and at the quilt shows.  She has been featured in Redbook, on Home and Garden
TV's "Simply Quilts" and has been published in numerous quilting magazines.   Marci has been a "Teacher of the Year"
award nominee in the 2002 and 2005 The Professional Quilter magazine.

READ WHAT WENT ON IN AUGUST

August 14,2008 - David Taylor

David Taylor is native of New Hampshire and has lived in many parts of the USA. He currently makes his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado  where he started his quilting career in 1999.   Since then he has been the recipient of many awards, amongst them is the Fairfield Master Award for Contemporary Quilt Artistry from the International Quilt Association (2006), the Brother Machine Workmanship Award from the American Quilters Society (2008) and has twice received Best of Show honors at the Spring International Quilt Festival in Chicago from IQA (2007, 2008).  He also just had his first European solo exhibit at the Les Jardins de Magali gallery in Lauris, France.  David began teaching and lecturing to quilt groups throughout Colorado and is now travelling nationally and internationally.

 Visit David at his website: http://www.davidtaylorquilts.com

READ WHAT WENT ON IN OCTOBER

READ WHAT WENT ON IN NOVEMBER